Hazar-shual, Beth-marcaboth, Hazar-susah — These settlements continue Simeon's Negev holdings. The names (Hazar-shual: village of the jackal; Beth-marcaboth: house of chariots; Hazar-susah: village of horses) reflect the terrain and settlement patterns of pastoral, semi-nomadic existence in the Negev. The list's specificity grounds tribal identity in actual habitation; Simeon is not abstract but localized in known towns.

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